[BigFinn]

Another source puts it like this...

"Basically, people who don't want to be Australians, and they don't want to live by Australian values and understand them, well then they can basically clear off ," he said. Separately, Howard angered some Australian Muslims on Wednesday by saying he supported spy agencies monitoring the nation's mosques.

[T. Buzzard Trueblood]

I would be very pleased to hear an American pol say, "Raving about jihad is simply un-American."

I'm not holding my breath.

[arasina]

Imaginary phone call from President Bush to Prime Minister Howard: "You mean it's not The Religion of Peace?"

[BIGZ]

"It is not a problem that we've ever faced with other immigrant communities, who become easily absorbed by Australia's mainstream."

Precisely the problem all the countries that have allowed immigration of Muslims face. Muslims will not assimilate, Muslims want the economic advantages of their adopted countries but not that countries culture. The only ones who can solve this dilemma are the Muslims themselves.

[SevenofNine]

OH AUSSIE DASHERRR UK Telegraph is tick off with your PM John Howard LOL!

[stormlead]

finally, a pol who doesn't subscribe to the fallacy of absolute moral relativity.

[BunnySlippers]

"You can't find any equivalent in Italian or Greek or Lebanese or Chinese or Baltic immigration to Australia. There is no equivalent of raving on about jihad, but that is the major problem," he said.

"It is not a problem that we've ever faced with other immigrant communities, who become easily absorbed by Australia's mainstream."

Bingo! Needed to be said!

[ridesthemiles]

Thank God someone is plain speaking about the overall problem.

[rawcatslyentist]

>"We don't ask them to forget the countries of their birth, we respect all religious points of views and people are entitled to practise them."

What IF their religion commanded them to commit MURDER?????

Sura 9:5 of the “Koran,” “Slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them captives and besiege them and lie in wait for them in every ambush.”

Is this "religion" worthy of respect???? Are they allowed to practice it?????